Barack Obama: “I think what the people of southern Virginia have seen is they've seen the President of the United States lay out a…”

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.

When we choose, when we make that decision, I do believe – and there is evidence for this – that the world gets incrementally better, and that is a worthy goal and it’s worth fighting for.

The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.

The effort, he said, “should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.”